The Revölution By Night is the ninth Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult, often abbreviated BÖC, is an American rock band, most of whose members first came together in Long Island, NY in 1967 as the band Soft White Underbelly...

 studio album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

, released in 1983.

The album was intended to capitalize on the unexpected success of Fire Of Unknown Origin just two years prior, hence the album's blend of straight-ahead rock and pop elements. This was the first album by the band not to feature all of the band's founding members, drummer Albert Bouchard

Albert Bouchard

Albert Bouchard and grew up in Clayton, New York. He is a drummer, guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a founding member of Blue Öyster Cult and a driving force through the band's first decade...

 having been fired during the previous tour.

"Shooting Shark" became a radio hit, and its accompanying video became one of MTV's most requested clips upon its release. The lyrics to "Shooting Shark" were based on a poem by Patti Smith

Patti Smith

Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....

. The song "Take Me Away," co-written by Eric Bloom with Canadian rock musician Aldo Nova

Aldo Nova

Aldo Nova is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Career:Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced...

, also received significant airplay on AOR

Album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock is an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists.-Music played:Most radio formats are based on a select, tight rotation of hit singles...

 radio. Nonetheless, the album failed to go Gold in the United States.

Side one

1. "Take Me Away" (Eric Bloom
   Eric Bloom
   Eric Bloom is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the main vocalist, and "stunt guitar" for the long-running band Blue Öyster Cult, with work on over 20 albums...
   
   , Aldo Nova
   Aldo Nova
   Aldo Nova is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Career:Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced...
   
   ) – 4:31
2. "Eyes on Fire" (Gregg Winter) – 3:56
3. "Shooting Shark" (Donald Roeser, Patti Smith
   Patti Smith
   Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....
   
   ) – 7:09
4. "Veins" (Roeser, Richard Meltzer
   Richard Meltzer
   Richard Meltzer was one of the earliest rock music critics. His first book, The Aesthetics of Rock, evolved out of his undergraduate studies in philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and graduate studies at Yale University...
   
   ) – 3:59

Side two

1. "Shadow of California" (Joe Bouchard
   Joe Bouchard
   Joe Bouchard was the original bassist for Blue Öyster Cult. He grew up in Clayton, New York...
   
   , Neal Smith, Sandy Pearlman
   Sandy Pearlman
   Sandy Pearlman is an American music producer, artist manager, professor, poet, songwriter, and once was a record company executive...
   
   ) – 5:10
2. "Feel the Thunder" (Bloom) – 5:48
3. "Let Go" (Bloom, Roeser, Ian Hunter
   Ian Hunter (singer)
   Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and he again fronted them at the time of their 2009 reunion. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott The Hoople, and...
   
   ) – 3:28
4. "Dragon Lady" (Roeser, Broadway Blotto) – 4:08
5. "Light Years of Love" (Bouchard, Helen Robbins) – 4:05

Personnel

• Eric Bloom
  Eric Bloom
  Eric Bloom is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the main vocalist, and "stunt guitar" for the long-running band Blue Öyster Cult, with work on over 20 albums...
  
   – stun guitar, lead vocals on 1,2,5,6,7
• Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser
  Buck Dharma
  Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser is an American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being a member of Blue Öyster Cult since the group's formation in 1967...
  
   – lead guitar, lead vocals on 3,4,8
• Allen Lanier
  Allen Lanier
  Allen Lanier was an original member of Blue Öyster Cult. Lanier played keyboards and rhythm guitar. He currently resides in Manhattan....
  
   – keyboards, guitar
• Joe Bouchard
  Joe Bouchard
  Joe Bouchard was the original bassist for Blue Öyster Cult. He grew up in Clayton, New York...
  
   – bass, lead vocals on 9
• Rick Downey – drums, vocals

Additional personnel

• Aldo Nova
  Aldo Nova
  Aldo Nova is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and producer, Nova gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1981, and its accompanying single "Fantasy", which climbed to #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Career:Signing with Portrait Records, Nova released a self-produced...
  
   – guitar / co-writer (on 'Take Me Away')
• Neal Smith – drums
• Randy Jackson
  Randy Jackson
  Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R executive, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew...
  
  – bass (on 'Shooting Shark')